The MLS Team of the Week was announced today. The New England Revolution led with 3 players in the TOW. NYCFC and Seattle are tied with 2 players in the TOW. The Team of the Week is above and as follows from top down, Lamar Neagle and Obafemi Martins from The Seattle Sounders, David Villa from NYCFC, Diego Fagundez and Scott Caldwell from the NE Revolution. As well as Tony Tchani of Columbus Crew SC, Robbie Rogers of the LA Galaxy, Sean St. Ledger of Orlando City, Andrew Farrell of the New England Revolution, Jason Hernandez of NYCFC and the goalie is Bill Hamid of D.C. United.
This article will be a list of the names, along with why they deserve to be on the players of the week, and what they did last week to deserve their inclusion on this list, from top to bottom, starting with Neagle. The head coach of the squad is Sigi Schmid, the Sounders boss.
Lamar Neagle - He scored the 1st goal and game winning goal in Seattle’s 3-0 over FC Dallas. He also had an assist in the game.
Obafemi Martins - 1 shot on goal, 1 goal. A pretty good conversion rate there from the Nigerian man. His goal was the 2nd goal, after he was a 2nd half sub.
David Villa - The NYCFC DP had the game winning goal, which was the 1st goal of the game and an assist on Kwadwo Poku’s goal to put NYCFC up 3-1 over Montreal.
Diego Fagundez - The Revs midfielder scored a beauty from the top of the box. His goal was the game winning goal, in New England’s 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire, getting both goals in the 2nd half.
Tony Tchani - He played a great game in the draw - the LA Galaxy, got the pass to assist on the game tying goal.
Scott Caldwell – He played well in the New England England Revolution win. He drove Harry Shipp up the wall with tight defense, not letting him go anywhere and make an impact.
Robbie Rogers - He helped set up the LA Galaxy Goal. A very good defensive effort all match long, even though he was not on the score sheet.
Sean St. Ledger – He was key in shutting down DC United. His play helped Orlando become the 4th team in the MLS to shutout DC United this season.
Andrew Farrell - Bailed out teammates all match long, shutdown Chicago’s Igboananike all night long in New England’s win.
Jason Hernandez - Key in stopping Montreal’s forwards from scoring at Yankee Stadium in NYCFC’s 3-1 win.
Bill Hamid - He stood on his head and the only goal he gave up was off a big rebound after a penalty shot save.
The bench for the TOW is, Bobby Shuttleworth of the Revs, Omar Gonzalez of the LA Galaxy, Luke Boden and Lewis Neal of Orlando City, Michael Azira of the Seattle Sounders, and Kwadwo Poku and Patrick Mullins of New York City FC
